A couple of days have passed since the capture of Ezri Konsa was announced on the official channels. The 21-year-old centre-half signed from Dean Smith’s former club Brentford for a fee purported to be around £12m.

It’s already a fortnight since the day that was, and the realities of Premier League preparations are settling in. The recruitment drive has begun in earnest and it’s fair to say it will be a sizable rebuild that’s required to be as Premiership ready as possible.

A few days have now passed since the club announced the release of eight senior players including Glenn Whelan, Mile Jedinak and Alan Hutton and tonight having mutually agreed to tear up Ross McCormack’s contract, it’s fair to say that this is the trimmest Villa’s playing squad has been in many a year. I say, let the re-build commence.Read More »